Package of tape and sewing thread or the like



April 10, 1934. A. B. coLLlTNGBoURNE 1,954,617

PACKAGE OF TAPE AND SEWING THREAD OR THE LIKE Filed May 28, 1932 UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE PACKAGE OF TAPE AND SEWING THREAD OR THE LIKEAlbert B. Collingbourne, Elgin, Ill.

Application May 28, 1932, Serial No. 614,067

This invention relates 3 Claims.

to a package of tape and sewing thread, or the like, and has for itsobject to produce a package,

containing the articles speciiied, having a substantially rectangular 5shape, smooth outer surfaces and symmetrical in appearance.

Bias tape is usually wrapped about a rectangularly shaped piece ofcardboard, forming an elongated, flat and thin is usually wound upon cOne of the objects of package. Sewing thread ylindrical spools.

my invention is to com- 'nine bias tape and sewing thread, matched as tocolor, in a single, compact package of such orm that the contents may beenclosed in a wrapper of transparent material,

such as cellophane, without danger of the wrapper becoming torn orbroken on account or the irregular contour oi the articles composing thepackage..

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription.

In the drawing: Fig. 1 is a plan view my invention.

of a package embodying Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken onthe line 2-2 of Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is a transverse the line 3-3 of Fig. 2. In that embodiment o thedrawing, a box-lik sectional view taken on f the invention shown in esupport consists of a single piece of cardboard folded and assembled toform a top wall 10 pr ovided at one end with a folded in extension 11, abottom wall 12 provided at one end with an extension 13, and side wallsle and 15 each provided at one end with a flap 16 and at the other endwith a iiap 17. The iiaps 16 and folded in extension 11 f crm one endwall oi the box-like support, and at the opposite end the iiaps 17 formthe end wall. The extension 13 is disposed in alignment with the bottom12 and terminates in an upturned end 18.

The wall 10 is adapted to support a conventional package of bias tapewhich consists of a fiat piece oi cardboard 20 is wrapped.

19 about which the tape A label 21 extends around the cardboard 19 andtape 20.

One or more spools of sewing thread 22, having a combined length equalto the width of the support and the tape package thereon, and having adiameter equal to the combined heights of From the foregoing it will beapparent that the package has opposite surfaces which are substantiallyparallel to each other, the outer surfaces are fiat and smooth, theappearance is neat and attractive and the Wrapper of transparentmaterial is not endangered by any part of the contents of the packageprotruding beyond the surfaces deining the contour of the package.

Changes may be made in details of construction without departing fromthe scope of my invention and I do not intend to be limited to the exactform shown and described, except as set forth in the appended claims.

I claimt- 1. A package of tape and sewing thread comprising a box-likesupport, a ilat package of tape, substantially the same in area as thetop wall or" the support, resting on the support, a spool of threadlocated adjacent one end of the support, and a wrapper enclosing thesupport, the package or tape and the spool, the diameter of the spoolbeing substantially equal to the combined heights of the support andtape package, and the length ci the spool being equal to the width ofthe support.

2. A package of tape and sewing thread comprising a box-like supportprovided with an eX- tension at one end of its bottom wall, a iiatpackage of tape, substantially the same in area as the top wall of thesupport, resting on the support, a spool of thread located adjacent oneend of the support on said extension, and a wrapper enclosing thesupport, the package of tape and the spool, the diameter of the spoolbeing substantially equal to the combined heights oi the support andtape package, and the length of the spool being equal to the width ofthe support.

3. A new article of manufacture comprising a box-like support providedwith an extension at one end of its bottom wall, a iiat package of tape,substantially the same in area as the top wail of the support, arrangedon the support, a spool of thread located at one end of the support onsaid extension, and a Wrapper of transparent material enclosing thesupport, the package of tape and the spool, the diameter of the spoolbeing substantially equal to the combined heights or" the support andtape package, and the length of the spool being equal to the width ofthe support.

